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economies

NOUN

saving, frugality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

recession

STRONG

abridgement austerity care carefulness caution curtailment cutback decrease deduction direction discretion husbandry layoff meanness miserliness moratorium parsimony providence prudence reduction regulation restraint retrenchment rollback shrinkage stinginess supervision thrift thriftiness

WEAK

parcity scrimping skimping sparingness

Antonyms

STRONG

addition carelessness disregard enlargement expansion extravagance imprudence increase indiscretion neglect negligence raise spending thoughtlessness

WEAK

squandering

Example Sentences

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Japan committed to a $550 billion investment program to help fortify Western economies from reliance on—and competition from—China.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Trump's trip to China produced several pledges on trade between the world's two biggest economies including the Boeing purchase and increased access for American farmers to the Chinese market.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Yields across the roughly $30 trillion Treasury yield curve have been moving sharply higher as investors around the globe sell bonds issued by many of the world’s largest economies.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Italy is one of the most gas-reliant economies in Europe, with natural gas accounting for roughly 40% of its total energy supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Once writing had been invented by those few societies, it then spread, by trade and conquest and religion, to other societies with similar economies and political organizations.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond